The Estate

South London's longest redevelopment

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The lake was practical: to stop the area being flooded. This is what comes from living on a river plain. The area is deserted, only hinting at people, at life, activity, and interactivity. Wildlife, or birdlife seems to thrive here - discarded shopping carts are rapidly turned into a foundation for a coot’s nest.

Broken crockery at the bottom is occasionally mistaken for a snack by the swans, and evidence of feeding comes from the empty bread bags tied to the railings. Parts are in turn neglected, well-maintained, ignored, abandoned and brand new. No fear but strange and surreal sensations akin to episodes of the Twilight Zone, or The Prisoner, The Avengers. Nothing seems to quite fit.